Original Pressing is a small group of record collectors, enthusiast about music, bands, labels history and so on, volunteering to help you identify & price your records.

The service is completely free for now, we'll just kindly ask you to donate whatever amount you want to help us.

#1 - Give us your record informations

Make your request and give us as many informations as you can: title, band, reference number, pictures. The more informations you give, the fastest is the process.

#2 - We work on your behalf

This is the part where you juste have to relax. We may come back at you to ask you some precisions about your records, if pictures are not clear enough for example. But basically, we don't. The research may be up to 4-5 days.

#3 - We come back at you with an answer

We come back with an answer and some explanations: if your record is an original pressing or not, and why (plus some more informations like the year of release and such.)

"Thank you very much. The time and effort you put in is definitely invaluable."

How does it work?

Easy: we're a small group of records collector who happens to be enthusiast about everything record-connected: history of labels & bands, pressing plants, quality of sound and so on. We do those research for ourselves everytime, so we have a good knowledge about those things and we know where to search & find some of the answers. We wanted this knowledge to benefit other people.

Do you always got the answer?

Unfortunately, we sometimes have no clue about whether it's a first pressing or a reissue. But you can be sure that we'll try as hard as we can to find the answer, even if it takes several days to work on it. We may as well have to come back at you to ask for more pictures for example.

Can I ask several requests?

Yes, you can. But if you have 2000 records to identify, we'll probably kindly ask you to make a donation to support our work since it's going to be a long task!

Where are you located?

We're located in Paris, France. But we are available worldwide, of course!

How much does it cost?

Nothing! The service is 100% free, and we only rely on your donations to survive.

What do you do with the money of the donations?

We invest it in the service. We have hosting costs to pay and for the moment, all the donations support these hosting fees.